Injury to sideline ex-MBA star for season

Former Montgomery Bell Academy standout Brad Bars will miss the upcoming football season at Penn State after recently rupturing his right Achilles’ tendon.

Surgery to repair the injury is expected to take place over the next few days, according to Penn State officials, with recovery time and rehabilitation estimated at four-to-six months.

The 6-3, 251-pounder came out of spring practice listed as a second-team defensive end on the Nittany Lions’ depth chart. As a redshirt sophomore last year, he played in eight games and posted a pair of tackles in the team’s win over Navy, the first under first-year coach Bill O’Brien.

After redshirting as an incoming freshman in 2010, Bars — a member of The Tennessean’s 2009 Dandy Dozen top area college prospects — will have one remaining season of eligibility in 2014.